Rodge Glass

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Rodge Glass (born 17 January 1978 in Cheshire) [1] [2] is a British writer.

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Biography

Glass was born in Cheshire, England. [1] [2] He attended an "an Orthodox Jewish Primary School, an 11+ All Boys Grammar School, a Co-Ed Private School, a Monk-sponsored Catholic College, [and] Hebrew University in Jerusalem." [1] In 1997, [3] Glass moved to Scotland to receive an undergraduate degree from Strathclyde University. For graduate school, he attended Glasgow University, where he was tutored by Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Janice Galloway, [4] and received a Master of Philosophy degree in Creative Writing. [3] Between 2002 and 2005, Glass worked as a personal assistant to Alasdair Gray, which inspired his later biography of the writer. [4] In 2008, he received a Doctor of Literature and Philosophy degree from the University of Glasgow. [5]

Glass has worked as an editor for multiple publications and written for The Guardian , [6] The Paris Review , The Herald , The Scotsman, and others. In 2013, he began working as a "Reader in Literary Fiction at Edge Hill University and Fiction Editor at Freight Books." [1]

He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde, where he also serves as the Convener of the Master of Letters program in Creative Writing. [7]

Awards

Awards for Glass's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2006No Fireworks Authors’ Club First Novel Award Nominee [8] [9]
2006No Fireworks Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee [8]
2006No FireworksGlen Dimplex First Book AwardShortlist [8]
No Fireworks Saltire Award Nominee [8]
2009Alasdair GrayScottish Arts Council Award for Non-FictionNominee [8]
2009Alasdair Gray Somerset Maugham Award Winner [1] [10]
2013LoveSexTravelMusik Frank O’Connor Award Nominee [1] [8] [9]

Publications

As editor

Biographies

Novels

Short story collections

Select short stories

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